The Occasional Paper Series published by the FAO Investment Centre covers technical briefs, research treatises and particularly useful case studies.

The "Expert Consultation on Integrated Management of Land and Water within an Agro-SylvoPastoral System" was held in Safita, Syria (Cham Safita Palace Hotel) during the period 16-18 June 1997.The Consultation was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform of Syria and the FAD Regional Dffice for the Near East, RNE, Cairo, Egypt.

The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate

covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a

wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested

land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land.

This land is partly owned by the state and partly held on behalf of local communities, some of

In this report the results are presented from the soil survey carried out in the Green Belt area around Al-Hodeidah. This report covers the relevant parts of the Tihama coastal plain, including part of the wadi Siham alluvial plain. A soil map, land use map, vegetation map and physiographic map, all at a scale of 1 : 50.000, were prepared. The total area covered is approximately 15200 ha, situated in a half circle around Hodeidah city. The soils are in general homogeneous with little pedogenetic development, and variable degrees of salinity and sodium content.

The Soil Survey and Land Classification Project is developing a computerized land evaluation system for Yemen using an expert system shell (ALES) which is connected to the soil database (SDB). This report describes the technical and operational aspects of the interface which links the soil database with the expert system shell.

This technical report is one of a series of reports prepared during the of the course of the FAO/UNOP project (ETH/02/012) preparing the Assistance to Settlement Project Phase IV.

The 1: 2 000 000 Soil Associations map is based on

the Geomorphology and Soils map, at 1: 1 000 000 scals, prepared

by the FAO/UNDP Eth/78/003, Assistance to Land Use PlJ

Project in 1981 It incorporates some new information ob%,3 _

since the finalizing of the Geomorphology and soils map.

The prosperity of Botswana largely depends on its natural resources. As to the agricultural sector, poor utilization of land resources has until now resulted in low crop yields, poor livestock offtake rates, low rural household incomes and widespread degradation of soils and rangeland. Acknowledging these problems, the Botswana Government has recently adopted a series of policies to ensure that land resources are used in a sustainable manner.

The Crop Yield Simulation and Land Assessment Model for Botswana (CYSLAMB) has been developed to serve thd needs of land evaluation in a semi-arid environment. By modelling the interaction of environmental variables, physiological responses, inputs and management, CYSLAMB predicts the yield of a particular crop production system on a specified land unit. The use of actual rainfall data for individual years enables evaluation of interannual yield variability and quantification of risk in the specification of land suitability.

The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the land suitability of the Wadi Mawr area for the cultivation of (spate) irrigated sorghum under improved traditional management, and to determine the yield response to additional water gifts on various soil types. The evaluation was carried out for the alluvial plain, i.e.

Article 10 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Plots of agricultural land pertaining to regional or municipal ownership shall be allotted to natural and legal persons in accordance with Land Code of the Russian Federation and Federal Law “On turnover of agricultural land”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 46 “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2006-05-05)

The Goal of the present cross-sectoral National Forest Plan (NFP) is formulated as follows: “An integrated forest sector that achieves sustainable increases in economic, social and environmental benefits from forests and trees by all the people of Uganda, especially the poor and vulnerable”.The objectives of the NFP are: 1) To raise the incomes and quality of life of poor people through forestry developments, targeting sustainable livelihoods amongst small-scale, mainly rural stakeholders, with strategies based on-farm, in natural forests or off-farm; 2) To increase economic productivity an